Paris

First collective edition, one of the 30 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, the only deluxe copies ("grand papier").
Very nice copy.

Original albumen photograph, cabinet card format, mounted on yellow cardboard bordered in red by Nadar, with his stamp on verso, rue d'Anjou St-Honoré.
Portrait of the actress leaning on her elbow, face resting in the hollow of her hand, looking at the photographer or at whoever looks at the photograph, with a melancholic expression. Very fine photograph. Photographs of Sarah Bernhardt are most often in stage costume, performing, those representing her naturally, which are older and where she appears younger, are much rarer. The actress remained quite faithful to the photographer as we find several portraits of her from her debut until around 1900.
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